Anti-radiation drug could work days after exposure, says Dr. Tigyi
Cells try to repair damage to their DNA after radiation exposure, says Gábor Tigyi at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center
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UTHSC Professor Honored by National Academy of Inventors
Duane Miller, professor and chair of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.
Fighting Breast Cancer Requires Awareness
“We’re the last to get screened, the last to get treated, and because of that we tend to die earlier,” said Patricia Matthews-Juarez, PhD, and co-director of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s Research Center on Health Disparities, Equity and the Exposome.
Dr. Jay SoloRio joins AVH Surgical Associates
Dr. SoloRio earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Tennessee Center for the Health Sciences in Memphis.
Newly insured flood emergency room
The residency is part of an expansion of an agreement between Saint Thomas Health and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
Nuclear radiation drugs offer protection up to 3 days after exposure to fallout
Scientists from the University of Tennessee Health Science Centre have found one drug candidate – DBIBB – protected mice effectively.
Un medicamento pionero es capaz de frenar los daños de la radiación
Se trata de un fármaco desarrollado a partir de un compuesto natural que se produce en la sangre y que favorece la cicatrización, según explica el líder de esta investigación, Gábor Tigyi. “También es generado por cánceres agresivos resistentes a la radioterapia contra los tumores”, afirma este investigador del Centro de Ciencias de la Salud… Read More
Building Memphis finalists unveiled
Finalists included UTHSC Translational Science Research Building, 71 S. Manassas St. Owner/Developer: University of Tennessee Health Science Center Project cost: $40 million General contractor: Webb Building Corp. Architect: Hnedak-Horrell, a joint venture of Hnedak Bobo Group and The Horrell Group Architects